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Verlag: American West Publishing Company, Palo Alto, CA, 1971
ISBN 10: 0910118221ISBN 13: 9780910118224
Anbieter: Antiquarische Fundgrube e.U., Wien, Österreich
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Leinen. 412 S. Schutzumschlag etw. berieben u. bestaubt u. etw. rissig NG014 9780910118224 *.* Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1030.
Verlag: American West Publishing Company (1971), Palo Alto, California, 1971
Anbieter: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 412 pages, navy boards with gilt stamping. The covers show some slight discoloration. The contents are bright and complete. Very Good in a slightly soiled and edge chipped dust jacket.
Verlag: The California Publishing Co, San Francisco, 1893
Anbieter: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 407 p. 29 cm. Frontispiece portrait and 45 other b&w plates as well as numerous in-text line drawings. Green cloth with gold print. Bevelled edges, blank impressing. Corners bumped, spine ends softened, slight edge wear, and spine lean. Tape-repaired front endpapers and frontispiece, former owner's label and ink signature. William Downie joined the California Gold Rush of 1849 and, having acquired the gold fever, spent the next 50 years hunting for it in various parts of the wild west. Hunting For Gold is Downie's personal memoir of his treasure-seeking adventures as far north as Alaska and as far south as Panama. Written in the 1890s, when he was in his eighties, his account is of interest for anyone inspired by the Gold Rush and the areas in and around Downieville, California, named after William himself.
Verlag: California Publishing Co, San Francisco, CA, 1893
Anbieter: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
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First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrated from photographs and wood engravings, plates, portraits. Howes D-448 ("aa"): "Unassuming but valuable reminiscences of an inveterate miner and pioneer." Graff 1143. Soliday II, 357: "The author was the first white man to cross from the coast to the Frazer River. His narrative is of the kind to furnish the novelist with first hand material. It deserves a place among the best of pacific Coast pioneer works." Streeter sale 3016: "Major Downie's recollections of the first two eventful years of prospecting and mining on the Yuba belong to the contemporary accounts of this period." Wheat Gold Rush 6. Smith 1023. Very good. Original black pebbled cloth boards with leather corners, rebacked in matching black cloth, floral endpapers, gilt title on upper cover. (#5769).